Hunting
Commentary: In Congress’ final days, wildlife, outdoor recreation legislation sent to president
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, on Dec. 23, celebrated the advancement of two bills a week ago passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate following their passage by the House of Representatives earlier this year: the America’s
CWD endemic in southeast trio of deer permit areas in Minnesota
The Minnesota DNR told Outdoor News this week that deer permit areas 646, 647, and 648 would be entering a new phase of management due to the high prevalence of CWD across the landscape in
Ben Moyer: Pennsylvania bear trends clear on PGC’s harvest data page
Maps are useful in understanding wildlife management matters, and maps have come a long way. I miss the maps once published in PA Game News that expressed the deer kill by county. That map sparked
Steve Pollick: New Year’s resolutions for the outdoorsman
So, here we are, on the doorstep of the Brave New World of 2025. Time for well-meant New Year’s resolutions, including for outdoors folks.
For me, that means things like resolving to involve a
Minnesota Mixed Bag: DNR prepares to fly elk surveys in northwest
The Minnesota DNR will conduct aerial elk surveys in the next few weeks when conditions allow. DNR staff will survey the Kittson County and Grygla elk herds in northwestern Minnesota and the border elk herd
A vote for conservation and record tom kill highlight the many 2024 stories from Minnesota’s outdoors
While a national election drained personal bandwidth from citizens in 2024, Minnesota’s outdoors issues pushed through a few low points but a lot of high points, too.
Deer and turkey hunters saw harvest increases,
Farm bill extension gets cold reception from conservation groups
Several national conservation groups say Congress wasted a golden opportunity to do right by hunters, anglers, and conservationists by passing a federal farm bill extension that doesn’t include billions in conservation funding from the Inflation
Pennsylvania Game Commission’s elk check station collects valuable data
Pennsylvania’s elk hunting season is split into three parts. The archery and general seasons are closed. Within the framework of the archery season, hunters harvested 14 bulls and seven cows. In the general season, 27
Notes off a soiled cuff: Fewer Pennsylvania elk tags for non-residents?
A common topic of angry letters over the years has been about too many out-of-state hunters drawing Pennsylvania elk tags. The Game Commission’s Wildlife Management Committee finally addressed the issue in a meeting Dec. 19,
